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1. v. MCMANIS. TREATMENT TABLE. AFPLICATION FILED AUG. l5. 1917.

Patented 15, 1921.

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- APPLICATION FILED AUG. I6. |917l 1,871,502. Patented Mar. l5, i921.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 UNITED STATES JOHN V. MCMANIS, OF KRKSVELLE, MISSOURI.

TREATltENT-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application led August 16, 1917. Serial No. 186,631.

T 0 all @071.70m it may concern Be it known that I, Jol-1N V. MoMnNrs, acitizen or" the United States, residing at Kirlzsville, in the county orAdair and State of Missouri, haveV invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Treatment-Tables, ot which the following is a.speciication.

My invention relates to improvements in treatment tables for the use ofOsteopaths and similar purposes. One ot its objects is to provide animproved arrangement and combination of table top sections and means tosupport the same to obtain a variety of positions and movements thereof.Another object is to provide an improved form of intermediate andauxiliaryT top sections with means to oscillate and adjust themseparately and jointly, and preserving their respective adjustments andtheir adjustment to and from each other. Another object is to provide animproved relation and adjustment between the main table top section andthe intermediate top section. Another object is to Vprovide an'improvedtype of intermediate top section and locking and adjusting mechanismtherefor. My invention also comprises certain details or" form,combination and arrangement, all oit which will -be fully set forth inthe description of the accompanying'drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a table embodying one Jform of myimprovements.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail of a portion of the auxiliary top section supportinglocking and adjusting mechanism detached.

Fig. 4 is a detail of a portion oit the intermediate top sectionsupporting, locking, and adjusting mechanism detached.

- Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of the mechanism of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan of the main top section, and its supporting,locking, and adjusting mechanism.

Fig. 7 is ab'ottom plan of the auxiliary top section and its supportinglocking and adjusting mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a plan similarto Fig. 2 illustrating a. modification.V

Fig. 9 is a plan illustrating a modification.

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. l, illus- -trating the manner ofadjustably mounting the oscillatable top sections of Fig. 9.

I The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiments of myinvention.

n Figs. l to 7, the main table top section is divided longitudinallyinto two separable segmentsl A A with segments a and a carried by andadjustable relative thereto. B represents the intermediate table topsection, and segments D and Z the auxiliary table top section having asection (Z carried by and adjustable relative thereto.

Provision is made to move the main top section to and from theintermediate top section, and also to incline the main top section toany desired angle and lock it to position. Provision is also made toseparate the two segments A A of the main top section carrying with themthe segments a and a to form a longitudinal gap, and to lock saidsegments in closed and open positions. Provision is also made to adjustand lool: the segments a and a to different positions of angularityrelative to the segments A and A.

Provision is made to incline the intermediate top section to the lefthand or right hand in Fig. 1, or by elevating or lowering it at the sametime at both points to adjust it to different positions vertically withits up 3er face in horizontal planes, and to lock it to any of saidpositions. The intermediate top section is also independently rotatablymounted upon a vertical axle, and may be locked to various positions otadjustment about said axle. The intermediate top section is also adaptedto be locked to said vertical axle so as to move in unison with themovements of the auxiliary top section upon said vertical axle.

The auxiliary top section comprises the segment D and segment (Z carriedby and angularly adjustable relative to segment D, and is oscillatablerelative to its support or base upon said vertical axle and also upon atransverse horizontal axle and upon an axle longitudinally of andparallel to said auxiliary top section, and is adjustable to and fromsaid intermediate top section along said longitudinal axle. Independentlocking mechanism is provided to lock said auxiliary top section againstmovement 'upon each oit-said axles. The endwise adjustment ot theauxiliary top section to and from the intermediate top section may bemade independently of and without disturbing the other adjustments andlocking means. All of the top sections are adjustable togethervertically and rotatably relative to the base on which they aresupported.

'estal to elevate the pedestal.

The base 2 has a vertical cylinder 3 formed therein to receive a plungeror pedestal 4 which is provided with a pump mechanism actuated by a pumphandle 5 to pump a liquid from a storage chamber in.

6 and a vertical sleeve 7 to form a journal box for the vertical axle8.A head 9 is rigidly attached to theaxle 8 and is provided with ears 10to support the transverse hori- Zontal axle 11, a locking segment 12,and cross arms 14 to which springs 15 are attached to resilientlysupport the auxiliary top section and return it to a predetermined ornormal positionrelative to its movement upon axle 8. A pairof brakeshoes 13 movable to and from each other by means oa right and left handscrew 16 journaled to the platen 6 and actuated by a hand lever, 17serve to lock they head 9'to any position o1 angularity relative to thepedestal.Y

The axle 11 rotatably supports a rectangular frame composed of thecylindrical rods 18 and the cross bars 19 and 20. Attached to the underside of the auxiliary top section are three brackets 21, 22 and 23 inwhich are independently journaled a longitudinal axle 24 and a screw rod25. Brackets 26 and 27 are rotatably mounted on the axle 24, and mountedto slide endwise onthe cylindrical rods 18 which adjustment is effectedby turning the hand crank 28 of screw rod V25, said screw being threadedthrough the cross bar 19, which causes the auxiliary top section to moveendwise to or from the intermediate top section. Opposed springs 29, seeFig. 7, attached at one end to a downward projection 30 of bracket 22and at their opposite ends to eye-bolts 31 passingV through lugsattached to bracket 26 and tensioned by means of nuts 32 servetoi-esiliently hold the auxiliary top section in a predeterminedposition relative to axle 24. The bracket 27 carries lugs 33, and`shoes-34 are attached to the under face of the auxiliary top section, Ahub 35 movable endwise on axle 24 and having projecting armsv36 to enterbetween the lugs 33 and shoes 34, serveswhen actuated by hand lever 37to lock the auxiliary top section against oscillatory movement upon theaxle 24.

At the lower end of the vertical axle 8 is pivotally connected a slottedtrame V38 on which -is mounted a carriage 39 adjustable endwise of frame38 by means of a screw rod actuated by handcrank 40. One or more springs41 are attached at one end to the transverse axle 11 and at the oppositeend to the carriage 39, and tend to lift the Jframe 38. Attachedpivotally to frame 38 is a tubular member 42, and pivotally attached tothe cross bar 2O is an eye bolt 43 the threaded end of which telescopesin the tubular member 42, a nut 44 is threaded to eye bolt A43 and restsupon the upper end of tubular member 42 to transmit the upward thrust offrame 38 to the rectangular frame carried on the transverse axle 11 toresiliently support the auxiliary top section relative to its movementupon the transverse axle 11. By moving the carriage 39 this resilientsupport for the auxiliary top section maybe varied asrequired Vtosupport patients of different weight. A locking bar 45is pivotallyconnected to a collar 46 on one of the rods 18, and is slotted at itsopposite end, and adapted to be locked to frame 38 by a bolt and handlever 47, t'o lock the auxiliary top section against movement on theaxle 11. When the bar 45 is locked to frame 38, the auxiliary topsection will still yield' downwardlyfto a limited extent due toextension of the springs and to a separation of the nut 44 under strainfrom the end o the tubular member 42. Y Y Y The intermediate top sectionis mounted upona horizontal disk 50 having a split hub 51 whichseatsupon the vertical axle 8 above the head 9, and when not clamped tosaid axle is free to rotate thereon with the head 9 asa thrust bearing.A pair of brake shoes V52, and 53 movable to and from eachother by meansof a right and left hand screw rod 54 actuated by a hand lever 55, andjournaled to the platen 6 serve to lock the disk 50 to anydesiredposition.r A screw rod 56 with a hand lever 57 is threaded to one of theears 58 of the split hub 51, which enables the split hub to be rigidlyclamped tothe upper end of axle 8 so asV to rotate therewith. An axle 59is journaledinears 60 carriedrby the upper face of the disk 50. Attachedrigidly to the axle 59 are cams 61 which engage shoes 62 on the underface of the intermediate top section to support one end thereof ineither an upper or lower position relative to the disk 50. A hand leverenables axle 59 to'be turned byhand toadjust the cams 61. An axle 63 isjournalecL in ears 64 attached to the under face ofthe intermediate topsection, and said axle has rigidly mounted thereon cams .65 which engagethe upper face of disk50 to raise or lower the'opposite' end of theintermediate top sectionvrelative to'said disk. Afhand lever 66-enablesaxle 63'to be turned to adjustthe cams 65. Links 67 serve to connectVthe axles 59 and 63 together.

The intermediate top section may'thus be inclined toward the right handvor the left handl or raised or lowered Vsimultaneously at both ends. Itmay alsofbe adjusted rotatably about the axle 8 and locked, or it maybelocked to the axle 8 so as .to oscillate with llO the gap between theintermediate top section and auxiliary top section may be increased ordecreased as desired.

The main table top section is supported upon and above a rectangularframe comprising the cylindrical side bars 70, cross bar 71, and theaxle 72 journaled to the platen 6. A rectangular frame 73 is providedwith cross bars 74: and 75 which are perforated to slide endwise on thebars to adjust the main top section to or from the intermediate topsection. A set screw serves to lock the cross bar 74 to one of the sidebars 70.

The respective segments A A of the main top section are adjustablymounted upon the rectangular frame 73 by means or cross rods 76 whichslide endwise through perforations in opposite sides of frame 73, andalso through brackets 7 5 attached to the respective segments A and Aand are rigidly attached to the respective segments A A in pairs bybrackets 77. The brackets 77 limit the movement in one direction andstops 78 limit the movement in the opposite direction. A crank shaft 79is journaled in a bracket attached to frame 73, and has pivotallyattached thereto at one end a link 80 pivotally attached at its oppositeend by bracket 81 to segment A and said shaft is also pivotally attachedby link 82 to segment A. A half revolution of the crank shaft 79 servesto separate the segments A and A from each other, or to force themtogether, each movement of crank shaft 79 throwing todead centerpositions the crank arms by means of which the links are attached tocrank shaft 79, and thereby serving to lock the segments A and A totheir respective positions of adjustment. A supporting bracket 85 haspivotally attached thereto a gravity latch 86 through a rectangularrecess in which passes a rectangular bar 87. The bar 87 is pivotallyattached to the cross bar 71 and serves to support or lock the main topsection at any desired position of angular adjustment. Pressure on thehandle 88 of the gravity latch releases the bar 87 and permits a newadjustment to be secured.

A socket 89 provides for the attachment of a bracket 90 to which exibleharness about the neck of a patient may be attached while the ankles ofthe patient are attached by iiexible ankle cuifs to the stirrups 91carried by a cross bar 92 pivotally attached to the end of the auxiliarytop section, thereby providing for applying strain longitudinallyV tothe spinal-column of a patient. y

The gaps between the main' top section and theV intermediate topsection, and between the intermediate top section and the auxiliary topYsection provide for lateral exercise of spinal column of a patient attwo different points without changing the position of the patient. Byvarying the length of the gaps, longer or shorter sections of the spinalcolumn may be exercised.

The adjustment of the segments a and a relative to segments A and A isto provide for the tongues or ends of segments a and a being broughtinto proper relation as to height with the intermediate top sectionV Birrespective of the inclination or other adjustment of'segments A and A.The segments a and a are hinged to segments A and A at their meetingedges, and the free ends of segments a and a are supported by means ofshafts 93 journaled to brackets 94 carried by segments A and A.Eccentrics 95 are carried rigidly cn said shafts, and links or pitmen 96actuated by said eccentrics are pivotally attached at their oppositeends to the under faces of segments a and a. The shafts 93 are actuatedby hand levers 97. In like manner the segment d is angularly adjustablerelative to segment D by means of an eccentric shaft 98, hand lever 99and links 100. In the modification Fig. 9, the segments 7c and Z are se)arately supported relative to segments I and L and adjustable angularlyrelative thereto as described for the segments a, a and d.

In the modification Fig. 8 I have illustrated the intermediate topsection B and the auxiliary top section D of slightly different outline.The adjustments and operation for the table Fig. 8 are otherwise asheretofore described.

In Fig. 9 I have also illustrated the auX- iliary top section dividedlongitudinally into two segments K and L to which are attached the twosegments 7c and Z which are angularly adjustable relative to thesections K and L. The sections K and L are adjustably mounted upon arectangular frame 73 identical with the frame 73 of Fig. 6, and in themanner described and illustrated in Fig. 6 for mounting thelongitudinally divided main top section A and A, except that where themembers 74 and 75 of the main top section A and A slide endwise upon therods 70, corresponding members 74; and 75 of the auxiliary top sectionK, L, and 73 are rigidly connected to or formed integral with members 22and 23 illustrated in Fig. 1, which indirectly support the auxiliary topsection upon the rods 18.

The mechanism herein illustrated and described is capable ofconsiderable modification without departing rom the principle of myinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A treatment table comprising a main table top section, anintermediate table top section and an auxiliary oscillatable table topsection, means to lock said intermediate ico top section to a rigidposition, means to lock said intermediate top section to the support forsaid auxiliary top section so as` to j auxiliary top sections beingindependently adjustable to and from said intermediate Ytopsection'longitudinally of the table.V

3. A treatment table comprising a main table top section, anintermediate table top' section, and an oscillatable auxiliary topsection, said main and auxiliary top sections being independentlyadjustable longitudinally of the table to and from said intermediate topsection, meansto lock said intermediate top section to oscillate withsaid auxiliary top section, and means to loclr said y. intermediate topsection to a rigid position. v

4. A treatment table comprising-a main table top section a substantiallycircular'intermediate table top section, and an oscillatable auxiliarytable top section, said main top section, and said auxiliary topsections beingindependently adjustable to and from 4said intermediatetop section'longitudinally of the table.

5'. A treatment table comprising a main table top section, anintermediate table top section and an oscillatable auxiliary table topsection, said intermediate top section and said auxiliary top sectionbeing rotatably adjustable in substantially horizontal planes, and meansto independently lock said intermediate and auxiliary top sections toany desired horizontal position 'of adjustment.

6. A treatment table comprising a main tabletop section composed of aplurality of segments langularly adjustable relative to each other, anintermediate table top section adjustable rotatably in a horizontalplane relative to said main top section, and an oscillatable auxiliarytable top section.

7. A treatment table comprising a main table top section, anintermediate table top section adjustable rotatably in a horizontalplane relative to said main top section, and an oscillatable auxiliarytable top'section composed of a plurality oi segments angularlyadjustable relative to each other.

8. In a treatment table, a table top section rotatably adjustable in asubstantially horizontal plane, a table top section oscillatable uponone or more axles of rotation, means to lock'said top sections togetherso as to oscillate in unison, and means to independently lock saidsections to rigid position.

9. Ina treatment table, a table top section adjustable to differentpositions and rotarswrtoev tably adjustable upon a substantiallyhorizontal axle, atable top section oscillatable upon one or more axlesof rotation, means to lock said top sections together so as to oscillatein unison, and means to independently lockv said sections to rigidposition.

10. In a treatment table in combinationv with a main table topsection'and an oscillatable auxiliary table top section, an intermediatetable top section rotatably mounted v and adjustable in a substantiallyhorizontal plane, and means to lock said-intermediate top sectionrigidly to any desired position oi adjustment.

11. ln a treatment table in combination with a main table top sectionand an oscillatable auxiliary tabletop section, an inter-` mediate tabletop section rotatably adjustable in a substantially horizontal plane andhaving a plurality oi positions koi adjustment as to height andinclination, and means to loclr said intermediate top section rigidly toany desired position of rotative adjustment. k

V 12. ln a treatment table, va main table top section, an oscillatableauxiliary and an' intermediate table top section rotatablyV adjustablein a substantially horizontal plane Y and having a plurality ofpositions of adjustment as to height andy inclination, and means to locksaid intermediate top section against rotation, said main top sectionand said auxiliary top section being respectively adjustable to and from-said vintermediate top section.

13. In a treatment table in combination With a main table top sectionand an auxiliary table top section a substantially cirhorizontal axle land adjustable Vto and from said first named top section,and means tolock said top sections together to oscillate in unison upon an axlecommon to both,-v irrespective of the relative positions of adjustmentof said top sections. Y Y

15. In a treatment table, a tabletop section rotatably adjustable in asubstantially.,

horizontal plane and having a plurality of positions of adjustment as toheight and inchnation, and a table top section adjustable to and fromsaid first named top section and Y composed ofY a plurality of segmentsangularly adjustable relative to each other.

16. In a treatment table, asubstantially circular table top sectionrotatably adjustable in a substantially horizontal plane and having aplurality of positions of adjustment as to height and inclination, meansto lock said top section to a plurality of positions of rotativeadjustment, and a table t'op section adjustable to and from said firstnamed top section and composed of a plurality of segments angularlyadjustable relative to each other.

17. In a treatment table, a table top section rotatably adjustable in asubstantially horizontal plane and having a plurality of positions ofadjustment as to height and inclination, and a table top sectionadjustable to and from said first named top section and composed of aplurality ,of longitudinally divided segments adjustable transversely ofthe table to and from each other to open and close a medial longitudinalgap.

18. In a treatment table, a table top section comprising two mediallyseparated segments, adjustable to and from each other and each composedof two segments angularly adjustable relative to each other.

19. In a treatment table, a table top section rotatably adjustable in asubstantially horizontal plane and having a plurality of positions ofadjustment as to height and inclination, and a table top sectioncomposed of two medially longitudinally separated segments adjustable toand from each other, each of said segments having a segment attachedthereto and angularly adjustable relative thereto.

20. A treatment table comprising an intermediate table top sectionrotatably adjustable in a substantially horizontal plane, a main topsection adjustable to and from said intermediate top section andcomposed of two medially longitudinally separated segments adjustable toand from each other, and an auxiliary table top section at the oppositeside of said intermediate top section composed of two mediallylongitudinally separated segments adjustable to and from each other.

21. A treatment table comprising a base a pedestal vertically adjustablerelative to said base, a vertical axle carried by said pedestal, a tabletop section rotatably mounted upon said vertical axle and adjustablethereon in a horizontal plane, means to lock said top section to saidvertical axle, means to independently lock said top section to any oneof a plurality of positions relative to said pedestal, an oscillatabletable top section supported upon said vertical axle, and means to locksaid oscillatable top section to any one of a plurality of positionsrelative to said pedestal.

22. A treatment table comprising a base a pedestal vertically adjustablerelative to said base, a vertical axle carried rotatably by saidpedestal, a table top section rotatably mounted upon said vertical axleand adjustable thereon in a horizontal plane, means to lock said topsection to said vertical axle, means to independently lock said topsection to any one of a plurality of positions relative to saidpedestal, a table top section supported upon said vertical axle andoscillatable therewith relative to said pedestal and oscillatablerelative to said vertical axle upon a transverse horizontal axle carriedby said vertical axle means to lock said oscillatable top sectionagainst oscillation upon said transverse axle, and independent means tolock said oscillatable top section to any one of a plurality ofpositions rigidly relative to said pedestal.

23. In a treatment table, a rotatably supported table top section, abrake member movable therewith, a brake shoe to etiigage said movablebrake member to lock said table top section to any one of a plurality ofpositions, and means to actuate said brake shoe.

24C. In a treatment table, 'a plurality of table top sectionsindependently rotatably mounted upon an axle common to both, independentbrake members movable with said respective top sections, independentlyactuated brake shoes to engage and lock said brake members to rigidpositions, and means to lock said top sections ltogether to move inunison upon said axle.

25. In a treatment table, a rotatably supported table top section, abrake member movable therewith, a plurality of brake shoes to jointlyengage said movable brake member to lock said table top section to anyone of a plurality of positions, and means to actuate said brake shoesin unison.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN V. MCMANIS.

Witnesses:

C. W. MILES, W. THORNTON BOGERT.

